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Nice work, Clayton, Sorry but, I can't help with the choice of back-ground. I like them both! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Great job, David, Thanks for sharing your skills with us and God Bless! Spirithorse

Beautiful work! I also think the skewers were an excellent choice. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Great job, Paul, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Great work, Hans, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice work, Kevin, and I really liked Carl's (Multifasited) reply! LOL Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Fantastic, Ike, Good for you! I wonder why they are just chipping it? I thought I had scored a while back when I asked a cabinet making company if I could take their scrap out of their dumpster. Turns out every piece in there was just particle board or chip board with a veneer on it! Worthless! God Bless! Spirithorse

Very cute, Roly, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice job, Dick, I think it would be even harder on the band-saw so, the scroll-saw should make it even easier. I've done a lot of intarsia but, all on the scroll-saw. God Bless! Spirithorse

Thanks, Roly, I enjoyed the video but, I am lost as to why two sides are cut at 20 degrees and the other two sides cut at 5 degrees. I didn't really grasp why the table is angled and you still have to use a jig (which I missed the angle for the jigs) either. As for the template he was using, I suppose it wouldn't matter where you draw your dove-tails as long as you made sure the pins and tails were lined up. I guess all I can say is his box impressed me but, I'll never be able to duplicate it! LOL God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice work, Dick, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Beautiful job, Fish, If that is your pattern and you don't mind sharing, I would like a copy, please. God Bless! Spirithorse

Great cutting, Kevin, I had to look at the compound cutting several times wondering if her last name is ISIS or if she is in love with the terrorist group that is beheading people. Don't know what to think about that request. God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nicely done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Absolutely fantastic, Dick, If you are really having problems glueing up the cut pieces (which isn't evident in this project at all) I would suggest you glue the pieces together on wax paper with ordinary carpenter's glue. By glueing on the wax paper, it allow you some time to rearrange pieces if it appears you are getting any gaps or pieces are shifting. If you are using hot melt glue or CA (super glue), you don't allow yourself that time to move pieces before they are bonded tightly. (After the pieces have dried, it is a simple process to move the pieces to glue them onto the backer-board.) Also, just a suggestion about the way I like to view patterns like this one. I would have shimmed up the tree on the left 1/8", shimmed the tree on the right 1/4", and shimmed the entire giraffe 3/8" (possibly even shimming the giraffe's head an additional 1/8" from the neck. This gives added levels for a 3D look that I personally like. You can add and remove shims to see what suits your eye before glueing anything. This is all being said presuming you begin with 3/4" stock. The shims would have to be re-sized if you are using a thinner stock back-ground to make sure none of the shims are showing above the first layer. Thanks for showing your magnificent project. I am sure your grand-daughter loved it. God Bless! Spirithorse

Excellent cutting of a great pattern. I'm sure you are proud! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations, Dick, Sounds like a great deal! God Bless! Spirithorse

Ncie work, Keefie, Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations, Roly, You probably would have sold more if you hadn't been off flirting with all the ladies but, I guess you have to set your priorities! LOL Hope you have even better luck next show. God Bless! Spirithorse

Great work, Dick! It really looks fantastic and you should be extremely proud of it. I'm glad it is staying in the family if you do decide to give it to your grand-daughter. God Bless! Spirithorse

Very, Very nice work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi, John, I started using 1/4" Baltic Birch but, it became harder to find store bought frames that will accomodate the 1/4" so I switched to 1/8". If it is not something that I can stack cut and have use for the extra portraits I just use some form of scrap like old paneling to keep the 1/8" material from chipping. God Bless! Spirithorse

Thanks for the reply, Hans, The site wouldn't open for me but, no worries, I have plenty of patterns and little ambition and little free time to cut anyway. Again, beautiful work on the stage coach. Thanks for sharing. God Bless! Spirithorse

Fantastic, Hans, Is that pattern on one of the sites you referred us to earlier? God Bless! Spirithorse

Nicely done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse